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Cháng Cháng () is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames''. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames written Zhang in pinyin: one extrem ...

'') and (''Shang (surname), Shāng''). It's a very uncommon surname in the United States, with fewer than 100 people sharing it during the year 2000 US Census.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service.
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List of persons with the surname

;商 * Kiki Sheung (born 1963), Hong Kong actress ;常 * Nancy Sheung (1914–1979), Hong Kong photographer

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List of persons with the surname

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